So I used to work for a basketball tournament that played in Washington IL every year and so I often visited that town plus Peoria.

Wife and I just signed up for a tournament actually, should be pretty fun.  

It amazes me how much random transient travel it gets(bowling tournaments, pawn shop remodels, manufacturing employees, traveling photographers, etc). 

My wife had a soccer tournament so I was bored today or I would not even be reading this stuff.   

Maybe we can set up a joust tournament in here.

They are people who have planned trips like family reunions, church events, baseball tournaments, etc.

It started in Augusta, GA due to homeowners wanting to rent their homes out over the golf tournaments yet didn't want to be taxed.

So now when they travel to Paducah KY for their kids traveling sports tournament, they are searching out Airbnb's instead of the Hampton Inn, in a town no one thinks of as an Airbnb hotspot.For work travel I'll stay in a hotel, but for ANY and ALL family travel, there's no way I'm giving up having a separate room for each of my kids.My mountain market revenue is flat-ish to up, but that's because I took over management from a PM and was able to do a much better job, so it's hard to get a pulse on my local market.

@Ruben VanDusen to help you understand my answer let me ask you, do you think Tiger W. only went out hitting golf balls when on a tournament?

We liked the TL home and nice lakefront view but here are some cons: pretty far/isolated, no real dining options outside and besides the music festivals/BNP tournament, didn't know if it would do well as a STR.